New research explains how birds dive safely at high speeds
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To surprise their prey, some species of seabirds dive into the water at speeds greater than 50 miles per hour.
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Funding for research to coordinate aerial and aquatic robots could improve emergency response
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Researchers at Virginia Tech have been awarded nearly $900,000 by the National Science Foundation to improve emergency response.
State’s first hemp harvest for research complete
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Commercial cultivation of hemp in the U.S. ended after World War II under the federal 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.
Shenandoah National Park Trust research grant open for applications
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Applications are being accepted for the Shenandoah National Park Trust research fellowship program.
Economic research supports urban foresters’ tree cover recommendations
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Urban forestry experts have long suggested that tree canopy cover in residential and urban areas is essential to a healthy ecosystem.
Different tree species use the same genes to adapt to climate change, researchers find
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An international research team from six universities, including Virginia Tech, is working to better understand how trees adapt to changing climates.
Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center to open at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
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Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute are forming the Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center.
Virginia Tech research team’s discovery aims to reduce deaths caused by African sleeping sickness
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A Virginia Tech research team has discovered an innovative way to inhibit the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness.
Virginia Tech researcher finds gene that reduces female mosquitoes
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Virginia Tech researchers have found a gene that can reduce female mosquitoes over many generations.
Online anxiety therapy helping patients, researchers
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The University of Virginia is offering a new, free online tool to help people ease their anxiety from the comfort of their own homes.
